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UNITED STATES PATENT Enron.

JOHN P. FLIOK, OF OTTAWA, ILLINOIS.

GROCERS CABINET.

. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,972, dated November 8, 1887.

Application filed June 1, 1887. Serial No. 239,998. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN P. FLIoK, of Ottawa, in the county of La Salle and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Grocers Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

The invention is a cabinet especially adapted for the use of grocers, for holding wrappingpaper, paper bags and boxes, butter-dishes,

and twine, besides tools and various other articles. 7

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective, with a part of the curtain upon one side torn away; Fig. 2, a vertical longitudinal section; Fig. 3, a vertical cross-section Fig. 4, a perspective detail of one of the drawers; Fig. 5, a perspective of one of the shelfbrackets and a fragment of one of the shelves; Fig. 6, an enlarged detail of one corner of the cabinet; Fig. 7, a detail of the curtain-rod at the middle portion; Fig. 8, a detail of the connection between the cabinet and one of the sliding boards; Fig. 9, a perspective of one of the sliding boards.

The ends 1 of the framing are connected by the top 2, the bottom 3, and by the horizontal partitions 4:, 5, 6, 7, and 8, permanently secured to the ends, thus forming a strong solid structure. A bottom drawer, 9, fitting between the bottom 3 and the partition 4, and two drawers, 11 and 12, separated by partition 13, fitted between the partitions land 5, extend entirely across the cabinet, and may be withdrawn from either side thereof.

The space between the partitions 5 and 6 is occupied by a centrally'located drawer, 14:, extending entirely across thecabinet, to be opened from either side thereof, and by compartments upon both sides thereof, into which are fitted' sliding boards 16, having a box, 17, closed upon the sides and open at the top when a board is withdrawn from its compartment 15, into which pencils, chalk, pens, ink, &c., maybe placed. The back ends at the side edge of the boards have grooves 18, to receive pins 19 in the end pieces, 1, which prevent the boards from being withdrawn entirely from their compartments without first removing the pins. The box 17 completely fills the space at the outer end of the compartment 15, and serves to hold the board securely in a horizontal position when it is withdrawn. Anarrow shelf,

20, having a guard-strip, 21, upon its outer edge, projects slightly from the ends 1 of the cabinet and both without and within the same, and provides a convenient receptacle for chalk to be used upon the blackboards.

The ends 1 of the cabinet are made with double walls, to provide compartments 22, open at the top of the cabinet, into which blackboards 23 may vertically slide and be concealed, and protected when in use. A suitable pin or catch, 24, upon the ends 1 is employed to support the blackboard in its raised position, to project above the cabinet. The outer surface of the ends of the cabinet are painted to provide a second blackboard, 23, immediately beneath the blackboard 23 and above the chalk-holder shelf 20, for convenience both for display and use.

A removable blackboard, 25, is fitted in grooves 26 in the ends 1, above the top 2, and upon the side of the cabinet, which may be used upon or removed from the cabinet, when desired. 2

The space between the partitions 6 and 7 is occupied by permanent vertical portions 26, providing pigeon-holes 27 upon each end of the cabinet,having front guard-strips,28. Between thepigeon-holes 27 a space divided into compartments 28*, of any convenient size, which may be enlarged or reduced at any time by vertical partitions 29, supported at their ends upon rack-bars 30, secured to the side edges of partitions 6, and may be further se-.

cured midway of their length by a rack-bar, 38, secured to the under side and the middle portion of the shelf 7.

The space between partitions 7 and 8 is cocupied by two drawers, 31 and 32, separated by vertical partition. 33, which extends completely across the cabinet, and may be withdrawn from either side thereof. The drawers 31 and 32 are each made with a bottom, 34, side pieces, 35, and longitudinal partitions 36, adj ustably supported upon the said drawers between the upwardly projecting teeth of rack-bars 37 upon the bottom and outer edges of the drawers and between the downwardlyprojecting teeth of a rack-bar, 38, extending across the middle portion of the drawer and secured at its ends to the upper edges of the side pieces, 35.

Rack-bars 38 are secured vertically to the side edges of the end pieces, 1, and rack-bars 39, secured vertically to the inner faces of the end pieces, 1, about the middle of the cabinet, provide simple means for supporting shelves 40, which may be adjusted upon the rackbars 39,to provide horizontal spaces of differ end depths in the upper half of the cabinet.

The rack-bars 39 have the outer ends or points of their teeth 41 turned upwardly to bear against the undersides of the said shelves and provide an even bearing upon which the shelves may slide without binding and with but little friction. The shelves 10 are protected upon their end edges by a continuous strip of metal, 42, passing completely around the end of said shelf and secured thereto by screws. The shelves slide inside the upturned ends of the said teeth 41, which bear against the strips 42 and serve to hold the shelves square with the cabinet, to permit them to slide freely and be withdrawn half-way out upon either side of the cabinet without being disengaged from the rackbars. The middle rack-bar, 39, will hold the shelf40 in a horizontal position when it is withdrawn from the cabinet and prevent the shelf from swaying when heavily loaded.

The horizontal shelves of the cabinet project successively farther and farther out from each other from the top to about half-way down to the bottom of the cabinet, to leave an unobstructed space above the outer edge of each shelf, which will admit of the paper upon the shelves being easily taken hold of and withdrawn from the shelf or compartment, and a space, 43, is left beneath the blackboard 25, upon the top and side of the cabinet, which will admit of large pieces of wrapping-paper supported upon the top of the cabinet being withdrawn through said space or aperture.

A bracket, 44, formed of a continuous V- shapcd piece of heavy wire turned downwardly at its ends to pass through staples 45 upon the ends of the cabinet, has a loop, 46, at its outwardly-projecting end, upon which may be secured a hook, 47, to support the bail 48 of a twine-holding box, 49, by which means the twine-holding box is supported out of the way and within convenient reach of the cab inet. Balls oftwine may be held in the pigeonholes 27 at one end of the cabinet. Paper bags of various sizes may be held in the drawers 31 and 32. Odd sizes or remnants of paper may be held in the drawer 11., and butter and tea papers may be held in drawer 12, and wrapping-paper of different sizes and quality may be supported upon the shelves 40, and large pieces of paper may be placed upon the top of the cabinet, all within convenient reach and located near twine-holders.

The bottom drawer, 9, may be used to hold grocers tools which are in constant use-such as hammers,box-openers,tap-borers, nail-pullers, &c.and the drawer 14 may be used to hold oil-paper for lard or butter.

One of the pigeoirholcs 27, opposite the one used for holding balls of twine, may be used for holding corks of various sizes, and thcshelf 20, besides being used to hold pieces of chalk, may be used to hold erascrs, lead'pencrls, penholders, and a bottle of ink for convenient use in connection with the blackboard and for writing upon sliding board 16, which may be used both for making out bills or supporting account-books while they are being written up.

A rod, 50, is bent at its ends 53 to fit staples 51 upon the ends of the cabinet, at the top thereof, and is also bent at 51 in a double open fold, and curtains 52, supported at their upper ends to fold upon said red, are permitted to overlap each other at their meeting ends, the end of each curtain being drawn wlthln the folds 51 in the rod, and the curtain is thus closed securely against flies and dust.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a cabinet, the combination of the top, bottom, and ends, forming a casing, the partitions 6 and 7, and vertical partitions extending entirely across the cabinet, open upon opposite sides of the cabinet, and rack-bars 30,

secured to the side edges of the cabinet to support vertical partitions 29, substantially as described.

2. In a cabinet, the combination, with the casing,ofthehorizontal partitions 6 and 7, vertical partitions 26, providing pigeon-holes27, and adj ustablc vertical partitions 29, forming spaces extending entirely across and open at both sides of the cabinet, substantially as described.

3. In a cabinet, the combination, with the casing, of the horizontal shelves 7 and 8, having a central vertical partition, 33, and drawers 31 32, adapted to be opened from either side of the cabinet, provided with longitudinal portions 36, adjustably supported upon said drawers, substantially as described.

t. The drawers 3132, formed with bottom 34, side pieces, 35, rack-bars 37, secured upon the ends, rack-bars 38, secured across the middle of said drawers, and adjustable vertical partitions 33, substantially as described.

5. The combination, with a cabinet, of the end, top, and bottom pieces, the horizontal partitions, rack-bars secured to the edges of said partitions, and adjustable vertical partitions, substantially as described.

6. In a cabinet, the combination, with the casing and horizontal partitions, of the horizontally-sliding board provided with an open box at its inner end, to fill the space between said partitions and provide a receptacle, substantiall y as described.

7. In a cabinet, the combination, with the top and bottom, of double-walled end pieces providing compartments to receive verticallysliding blackboards,substantially as described.

8. The combination, with a cabinet, of the top and bottom, the double-walled end pieces, the vertically-sliding blackboards contained therein, and the shelf located upon the end of the cabinet beneath said sliding blackboard, substantially as described.

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9. The combination, in a cabinet, of the top piece of the cabinet, provided with grooves 10 end, with top and bottom pieces, the end or Ways, and a vertically-sliding and rernovpieces projecting above the top piece to proable blackboard fitted therein, substantially vide awrapping-paper box, and a blackboard as described.

5 having a space beneath the same through which the paper may be withdrawn, substan- JOHN FLIOK' tially as described. Witnesses:

10. The combination, in a cabinet, of the GEORGE H. EIOHELBERGER,

casing, with end pieces projecting above the HENRY T. DRALLE. 

